A new investigative report, broadcast on Friday evening, revealed direct cooperation between armed groups and the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip, based on documented audio and video confessions of an agent who was arrested after carrying out the assassination of an officer from the internal security apparatus in Gaza.
The investigation showed the agent's confessions as he received direct orders from an Israeli intelligence officer, who asked him to place a hidden camera on his clothes to document the entire operation from planning to execution. Footage obtained from security agencies in Gaza highlighted direct communication between the agent and the Israeli intelligence officer while following the details of the assassination of Internal Security Officer Ahmed Zamzam, which was carried out on December 24, 2020.
During the investigations, the agent (M.J.) confessed to carrying out the operation under full cover from the Israeli occupation army, while the recording camera installed on his clothes showed immediate instructions from the Israeli intelligence officer leading up to the assassination. The confessions also revealed that the perpetrators of the operation were trained by Israeli intelligence, and that they used silenced pistols and two electric motorcycles. According to the investigation, Officer Ahmed Zamzam was directly responsible for the file of armed groups cooperating with the occupation.
Following the assassination, a source in the resistance security stated that one of the three agents involved in the assassination of Lieutenant Colonel Zamzam in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip confessed, after his arrest, that agent Shawqi Abu Naseera summoned him and two other agents to a meeting with an officer from the occupation intelligence.
The source added that the Israeli officer informed the agents that their mission was to kill Lieutenant Colonel Zamzam on the pretext that he was managing a security file that could lead to their exposure and that of other agents, noting that the officer handed them three silenced pistols, three electric motorcycles, clothes equipped with small cameras, and phones connected to wireless headphones, in addition to the coordinates of Officer Zamzam's movement path.
The investigation also revealed the names and training locations of members of armed groups cooperating with the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip, and presented the full protocol for recruiting Israeli agents within the Strip. In the promotional material for the investigation, the voice of one person appeared saying: 'My father.. see if the camera on the shirt is working,' referring to the field documentation of operations.
The investigation showed that a network of armed groups is spread across the Gaza Strip from north to south, moving freely behind the 'Yellow Line' which represents the security separation route where Israeli forces are stationed. These groups face multiple accusations of cooperating with the occupation, despite denials from some of their leaders, amid increasing evidence of their movement within areas prohibited to Palestinians according to the ceasefire agreement.
Among the most prominent of these formations is the 'Popular Forces' group, founded by Yasser Abu Shabab, who was later killed and succeeded by Ghassan Al-Dahini. Hussam Al-Astal also leads another armed group that has sparked widespread controversy due to its frequent appearance in video clips within areas prohibited to Palestinians south of Khan Younis. Last August, Al-Astal officially announced the formation of his groups under the name 'The Striking Force for Combating Terrorism,' a move that raised suspicions, especially since he was detained until the beginning of the war on the Strip on charges related to dealing with Israel by the Ministry of Interior in Gaza.
In the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, a group led by Rami Adnan Helles is active, while Ashraf Al-Mansi leads what is known as the 'Popular Army' in Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, a group that was formed last September under the direct patronage of Yasser Abu Shabab, revealing a network of coordination and cooperation between these armed formations across the geography of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli officer informed the agents that their mission was to kill Lieutenant Colonel Zamzam on the pretext that he was managing a security file that could lead to their exposure.
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Investigation reveals details of armed groups' cooperation in Gaza with the occupation and the assassination of a security officer